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1、牛津高中英语模块一第二单元GrowingpainsGrowingpainsManyteenagersfeellonely,asifnooneunderstandsthemandthechangestheyaregoingthrough.Daybyday,everythingseemsdifferent,yetthesame.Lifeneverseemstobegoingfastenough;yet,inotherways,likearacecar,lifeseemstoberushingtoofastandevengoingoutofcontrol.Hasanyoneelse
2、everfeltthisway?Thesefeelingsareacommonpartofadolescence—thetimeoflifebetweenchildandadult.And,thoughitmaysometimesbedifficulttobelieve,youarenotalone—everyadulthasgonethroughadolescence,andyourfriendsaregoingthroughitrightnowalongwithyou.Itiscommonforteenagerstofeellonelyandmisunderstood.T
3、hesefeelingscanbethoughtofasgrowingpains—thedifficultiesthatteenagersfaceastheygrowtoadults.Asteenagersgrow,itisnormalforthemtobecomeconfusedwiththechangingworldbothinsideandoutsideofthem.Duringadolescence,teenagersgothroughgreatphysicalchanges.Theygrowtallerandtheirvoicesgetdeeper,amongman
4、yotherdevelopments.Alongwiththesephysicalchanges,therecomemanypsychologicalchanges.Boysandgirlstendtobedifferentinthisregard.Manyboysbecomerisk-takers—theywanttofindtheirownlimitsandthelimitsoftheworldaroundthem,butmaynothavethewisdomtomakegoodchoicesintheirbehavior.Atthesametime,girlsoften
5、wantsomeone—anyone—totalkto,astheytrytodealwiththeirstrongfeelings.Inthesocialworld,asteenagersgetolder,theystruggletodependonthemselves.Theymaybadlywantandneedtheirparents’love,yetfeeldistant;theymaywanttobepartofthegroup,yetdesireindependence.Sinceteenagershavedifficultybalancingtheseneed
6、s,theyoftenquestionwhotheyareandhowtheyfitinsociety.Thegoodnewsisthatthesekindsofgrowingpainsdonotlast.IntheendeverythingturnsoutOK—theteenagerbecomesahealthyadult,andthisperiodofchangeandchallengeistradedforthechangesandchallengesofgrown-uplife.好在这些成长的烦恼并不会持久。最终一切都会好起来——青少年成长为健康的成年人，而青春期的变
7、化和挑战则转变为成人生活中的种种变化和挑战。在大千社会中，随着青少年长大，他们努力地自力更生。他们或许迫切需要父母的关爱，却又感觉疏远；他们或许想要成为团体的一员，但又渴望独立。正因为青少年们在平衡这些需要时有困难，所以他们经常质疑自己到底是谁以及怎样融入社会。与这些生理变化同时而来的，还有很多心理上的变化。男孩和女孩在这方面往往有所不同。很多男孩成为危险尝试者——他们希望找到自己的局限和他们周边世界的局限，但也许并不具有对其行为作出正确抉择的智慧。而与此同时，女孩则通常需要和某个人——或任何人——进行
